Black Boy Essay Test Topics
Test Date:20 March 2009
Value:100 Points
Format:On Friday you will write on one of the four topics below. I will pick the topic on Friday. You may bring an outline.Write out your quotes for support purposes.Provide at least two quotes per body paragraph.Use the good old five-paragraph essay structure for this test you all.
I.An Introduction (An attention getter, a link, a thesis and a bridge)
II. Body Paragraph #1 (A topic sentence, two quotes, the quotes are clearly set up, the quotes are clearly explained and there is a concluding sentence).
III Body Paragraph #2 –same as below.
V.Body Paragraph #3—same as above. (this is contradictory)
V. Conclusion (Provide an overview of the paper, allude to the thesis and bridge, and provide a powerful final thought for your reader).
The topics: 1)Apply this quote--written as an epitaph on a marker honoring the men who were executed as part of the Haymarket affair—to the novel Black Boy:“The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you throttle today.” 2)Explain how the theme of “Hunger” operates within the novel Black Boy. 3)Explain how the idea of “Rebellion or Nonconformity” plays a role in the novel Black Boy. 4)Explain how the idea of “Education” plays a role in the novel Black Boy.
Test Date: 20 March 2009
Value: 100 Points
Format: On Friday you will write on one of the four topics below. I will pick the topic on Friday. You may bring an outline. Write out your quotes for support purposes. Provide at least two quotes per body paragraph. Use the good old five-paragraph essay structure for this test you all.
I. An Introduction (An attention getter, a link, a thesis and a bridge)
II. Body Paragraph #1 (A topic sentence, two quotes, the quotes are clearly set up, the quotes are clearly explained and there is a concluding sentence).
III Body Paragraph #2 –same as below.
V. Body Paragraph #3—same as above. (this is contradictory)
V. Conclusion (Provide an overview of the paper, allude to the thesis and bridge, and provide a powerful final thought for your reader).
The topics:
1) Apply this quote--written as an epitaph on a marker honoring the men who were executed as part of the Haymarket affair—to the novel Black Boy: “The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you throttle today.”
2) Explain how the theme of “Hunger” operates within the novel Black Boy.
3) Explain how the idea of “Rebellion or Nonconformity” plays a role in the novel Black Boy.
4) Explain how the idea of “Education” plays a role in the novel Black Boy.